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Digital Cameras
Canon PowerShot SD790IS Digital Camera
Jan 06 2010 08:55 AM |
bacesp
in Digital Cameras
The camera has been used every day since including for astrophotography. It is small and compact with a bright 3 inch LCD display that can be viewed
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Casio QV2800
Mar 13 2005 07:38 AM |
Oldfield
in Digital Cameras
I obtained my Casio QV2800 in the hope to use it for two purposes: afocal astrophotography and daily snapshots. I bought it more than two years ago. I purchased the special package containing a 8M Compact Flash and a 340M microdrive. The package contains a remote control unit, the user manuals, software. The QV2800 has been discontinued and replaced by QV2900. As I understand, only the microdrive is optional, everything else listed above are standard items.
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Canon A40 and A10 Digital Cameras for Astrophotography
Mar 13 2005 07:37 AM |
DanielR
in Digital Cameras
Film was the only method for recording astronomical images for a very long time. Unfortunately it is a difficult technique to master and many amateur astronomers gave up in despair. The recent availability of low cost CCD cameras has resulted in a dramatic improvement in the accessibility, quality, and quantity of astrophotographs. Currently, there are three types of camera
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Canon Powershot Digital Camera for Basic Astrophotography
Mar 12 2005 12:23 PM |
Chris Graham
in Digital Cameras
I bought the Canon Powershot A60 just over a year ago for my 24th birthday and at the time it cost £120. At first I mainly used it to take landscape images as I was beginning to become interested in photography and one of the main reasons this camera stood out from the rest was the addition of a manual exposure setting. Since I didn’'t have a telescope my first shots were of the nights sky, but once I purchased my first scope, quite impressive amateur images were
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